
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush picks up the endorsement of another longtime Republican establishment moderate, with the announcement of Sen. Thad Cochran’s support. The Mississippi Republican is currently serving his seventh term in the Senate.
by Charlie Spiering8 Dec 2015, 9:28 AM PST0

Dayspring was undoubtedly effective at crushing conservative primary challengers to longtime Republican senators and helping Republicans take over the U.S. Senate. But his tactics throughout his career have been so brutal and personal, he’s become a larger-than-life personality in politics—someone who often overshadows whoever his boss is—and sometimes border on reckless.
by Matthew Boyle2 Jul 2015, 6:13 AM PST0

Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), 77, adamantly declared that there was no affair between him and top aide Kay Webber, 76, during his bid for re-election. His staff also insisted there was nothing to the rumors that surrounded the couple. Now, it seems Cochran has used to cover of Memorial Day to minimize news that the two have wed.
by Dan Riehl25 May 2015, 6:05 PM PST0

Karl Rove should have quit while he was ahead.
by Michael Patrick Leahy22 Mar 2015, 2:56 PM PST0

Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel could be in the U.S. Senate in Washington. Instead, he’s a conservative force in Jackson, and just helped lead the attack against some misleading legislation about Common Core.
by Matthew Boyle12 Feb 2015, 5:49 AM PST0

The GOP establishment can’t make Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel go away. On Friday, McDaniel will be announcing—he told Breitbart News exclusively—a new Political Action Committee (PAC) designed to help conservatives across Mississippi, and the nation, get elected to political office, replacing GOP establishment politicians.
by Matthew Boyle23 Jan 2015, 7:01 AM PST0

Conservative columnist and author of “Never Trust a Liberal Over 3-Especially a Republican,” Ann Coulter argued that the 2014 election is too important for Republicans to sit out on Monday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. “If we have the
by Breitbart TV21 Oct 2014, 9:05 PM PST0

Mississippi Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Travis Childers today became the first Democrat to sign an anti-amnesty pledge from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), a unexpected and extraordinary play that could significantly change the dynamics of his campaign against
by Matthew Boyle2 Oct 2014, 11:31 AM PST0

Talk radio host and author of “The Liberty Amendments: Restoring the American Republic,” Mark Levin slammed the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over a report that they were backing Democrats in several House races on Thursday. “Republicans need to understand, the
by Breitbart TV4 Sep 2014, 10:44 PM PST0

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi judge dismissed a lawsuit Friday that seeks to overturn six-term Sen. Thad Cochran’s victory in a Republican primary runoff, but the losing candidate in the prolonged election fight could still appeal the decision to
by Breitbart News29 Aug 2014, 2:52 PM PST0

Republican National Committeeman Henry Barbour gave black Americans a slap in the face when he orchestrated a cynical, race-baiting campaign targeting fellow Republican Chris McDaniel in the Mississippi Senate primary runoff against incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran. It was insulting to
by Emery McClendon20 Aug 2014, 5:07 PM PST0

Mississippi State Sen. Chris McDaniel has filed his official challenge of the June 24 GOP primary runoff results against incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) in state court, he and his lead attorney Mitch Tyner announced Thursday. “Republicans did not elect
by Matthew Boyle14 Aug 2014, 2:34 PM PST0

Libertarian Party candidate David Patterson, a 42-year-old police officer, announced Monday that he has obtained more than the 5,000 signatures required to be placed on the ballot in this November’s general election for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky. Incumbent Senator Mitch McConnell
by Michael Patrick Leahy11 Aug 2014, 7:41 PM PST0

Ken Cuccinelli, the president of the Senate Conservatives Fund, said the GOP establishment’s shenanigans and race-baiting in the Mississippi Senate primary may have also hurt conservative candidates in Kansas and Tennessee. In an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday, Cuccinelli blasted
by Tony Lee9 Aug 2014, 9:26 PM PST0

In the wake of the June 24 primary runoff election in Mississippi, state Sen. Chris McDaniel’s staff found the numbers in Lafayette County – home of the cabin which incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran has sometimes listed as his primary address
by Matthew Boyle7 Aug 2014, 7:15 PM PST0

In Tennessee, Thursday’s primary is the Tea Party’s last chance to unseat an incumbent senator before the 2014 general elections. Local Tea Party groups are supporting state Representative Joe Carr’s bid to topple two-term incumbent Sen. Lamar Alexander. The choice
by Charlie Spiering7 Aug 2014, 7:44 AM PST0

A Mississippi charged in connection with the photographing of the wife of Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) cut a non-adjudication plea deal with prosecutors on Wednesday, meaning that he’ll face no jail time and get five years probation after which time
by Matthew Boyle6 Aug 2014, 11:49 AM PST0

Six weeks after the primary runoff election, Mississippi State Sen. Chris McDaniel is launching his formal legal challenge of the election results, saying the evidence is so conclusive that he will be calling for courts to recognize him as the
by Matthew Boyle4 Aug 2014, 1:47 PM PST0

There did seem to be something off as the senators left the headquarters of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Tuesday. An unidentified NRSC staffer had come out of the building and jokingly referred to me as a “tracker”–a term
by Matthew Boyle24 Jul 2014, 9:05 AM PST0

Joe Carr remembers exactly where he was when he found out that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost his race to the largely unknown political upstart David Brat. As he finished up a meeting with a group of about 75
by Charlie Spiering23 Jul 2014, 5:50 PM PST0

The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a request by state Sen. Chris McDaniel to grant him unfettered access to un-redacted election records from the June 24 GOP primary runoff against Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS). McDaniel’s team had asked the
by Matthew Boyle17 Jul 2014, 1:08 PM PST0

On Tuesday’s broadcast of American Family Radio’s “Sandy Rios in the Morning,” Breitbart News’ Matthew Boyle said that evidence of “8,300 vote irregularities” has been discovered by Chris McDaniel’s campaign in its challenge to Sen. Thad Cochran’s (R-MS) primary victory
by Breitbart TV15 Jul 2014, 10:56 AM PST0

Napster co-founder and Former Facebook president Sean Parker donated $350,000 to help Sen. Thad Cochran’s (R-MS) allies court black Democrats and liberal union voters to get more votes than conservative challenger Chris McDaniel in the June runoff, and Parker is
by Tony Lee14 Jul 2014, 12:02 PM PST0

Sen. Thad Cochran’s (R-MS) lawyer initially brought information about a blogger photographing Cochran’s wife at her retirement home to the mayor of Madison, Mississippi, not police, according to The New York Times. The Times‘ story is about Tea Party leader
by Charlie Spiering14 Jul 2014, 9:35 AM PST0

From the Daily Beast: The GOP Senate campaign committee illegally funneled funds on behalf of Sen. Thad Cochran, two operatives say. In an ugly, barren press conference, they demanded a new election. There’s “no proof that this theory is true
by Breitbart News12 Jul 2014, 10:11 AM PST0